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Legends of Judo

US Kayla Harrison celebrates after defeating France's Audrey Tcheumeo during their women's -78kg judo contest gold medal match of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 11, 2016. / AFP / Toshifumi KITAMURA (Photo credit should read TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)

Kayla Harrison: From 'rock bottom' to double Olympic gold

For as long as she can remember, Kayla Harrison dreamed of becoming the best in the world at something.

ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Russian Presidebt Vladimir Putin (L) demonstrates his judo skills to famous Japanese , Olympic judo champion Yasuhiro Yamashita (R) during their visit to a sports school in St. Petersburg, 24 December 2005. AFP PHOTO/ ALEXANDER NIKOLAYEV (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER NIKOLAYEV/AFP/Getty Images)

Yasuhiro Yamashita: 'Judo gives hope in this fragile world'

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 21: OLYMPISCHE SPIELE SYDNEY 2000, Sydney; FINALE: MAENNER/bis 100 KG; Kosei INOUE of Japan (weiss) - GOLD -, Nicolas GILL/CAN - SILBER - (Photo by Gunnar Berning/Bongarts/Getty Images)

Kosei Inoue: Olympic champion and Japanese supercoach

CHIBA, JAPAN: David Douillet of France clinches his fist after beating Russian Sergei Kossorotov by Ippon in the final match of men's open category in the World Judo Championships in Chiba 01 October 1995. AFP PHOTO TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA (Photo credit should read TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)

The Frenchman who outshone Zidane

Ryoko Tani: The greatest judoka ever?

BEIJING - AUGUST 14: Gold medalist Tuvshinbayar Naidan of Mongolia poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Men's 100 kg judo competition at the University of Science and Technology Gymnasium during Day 6 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 14, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

Tüvshinbayar Naidan: Mongolia's first Olympic champion

Anton Geesink from Netherlands, poses wearing the gold medal he won in the Judo Open event at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, October 1964. World champion in 1961 and 1965 the giant (2-metre) Dutchman won the European title for individuals 13 times. / AFP PHOTO / - (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

How Anton Geesink changed judo forever

Cuba's Driulis Gonzalez (L) and Chinese Taipei Chin-Fang Wang compete during their women's -63kg judo match of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 12, 2008 in Beijing. AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN (Photo credit should read OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images)

Driulis González: World champ, Cuban icon

Olympic and seven-time heavyweight judo world champion Teddy Riner takes part in a training session at the French National Institute of Sport and Physical Education (INSEP) in Paris, on August 17, 2015, ahead of the 2015 World Judo Championships. The 2015 World Judo Championships will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan, from August 24 to August 30. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS SAMSON (Photo credit should read THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images)

Teddy Riner: The greatest ever?